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Look to Library for Gifts that Keep Giving

Many of us are looking for small holiday gifts with a big mission. The Springfield-Greene County Library has a variety of gift possibilities that give back multiple ways.

A non-Greene County resident can enjoy all the library’s services with an out-of-county resident library card. Many library services are free, but non-Greene County families also buy a card so they can check out books, movies and music; download more than 6,000 titles, research online databases and access the Internet on public computers.

The $50 card entitles a family in the same household to all library privileges for one year. The cards are available at any branch checkout desk, and come with a gift card. (The $50 fee is the average amount a Greene Countian pays in property taxes to support the library district.)

Find an affordable gift for a new baby, a book lover, children, teens and adults at the Between Friends gift shops at the Library Center and Library Station. You pay no sales tax, and proceeds benefit the library district – you and your community.

Buy a book for the library in someone’s name from the Gift Book Tree or Wreath. Through Dec. 23 when you donate $5 to $20 for a children’s book pictured on the ornaments, that book will go into the library’s collection and your loved one’s name will go on the ornament.

Honor or memorialize a special person with a library bookplate to be placed in a book genre of your choice, or a “leaf” on the donor tree at a library branch. With a tribute gift to the Library Foundation, we will send an acknowledgement card to the honoree or family.

With a “named endowment,” you can offer a lasting tribute to someone special while helping to secure the library’s future. It can be established with a minimum gift of $10,000 and can be designated for the library program or branch of your choice. For details about making a gift to benefit the library, call Library Foundation Director Michelle Creed at 616-0586.